Earth Systems

Which of these geoscience process takes the longest amount of time?

• tornado
• landslide
• flash flood
• delta formation

Natural processes that happen on Earth are called ____ processes.

• slow

• historic

• landmark

• Geoscience

The continuous movement of the continents.

• geoscience
• rain
• wind
• plate tectonics

What force is responsible for erosion and deposition in landslides?

• gravity
• ice
• wind
• temperature

The process by which water, ice, wind, and gravity remove and transport sediments from one place to another.

• erosion
• weathering

Caves being formed by acid rain dissolving underground limestone.

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition

Which of the following is a large scale geoscience process?

• landslides
• tectonic plate movement
• river erosion
• formation of caves

Which term matches the definition below? "events that occur over a short period of time and/or affect a relatively small area?

• small scale geoscience processes

• large scale geoscience processes

• gradual geoscience processes with sudden catastrophic events

A landslide is an example of ___________.

• a small scale processes

• a large scale process

• a gradual process with sudden catastrophic event

Who came up with the theory of continental drift?

• Alfred Wegener

• Harry Hess

• Albert Einstein